Transitive Landscapes: A Guided Walk & Field Atlas Assembly
Schedule
Sun Nov 09 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Allerton Park and Retreat Center | Monticello, IL
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Take part in an immersive outdoor experience with Allerton Artist-in-Residence Michael Workman at Transitive Landscapes: A Guided Walk & Field Atlas Assembly on Sunday, Nov. 9 from 12 to 1 p.m. Meet at the McCraw Family Visitor Center (park in the Visitor Center Parking Lot on Old Timber Road).Participants will follow a mapped path through the gardens and wooded trails, and listen to short readings at designated stops that will weave excerpts from Workman’s Transitive Landscapes writings with the natural landscape. At each station, field cards with poetic fragments will be passed out to encourage responses and capture sensory impressions of sound, light, texture and memory.
The event will then move to the Mansion, where responses will be collected into a communal poetic field atlas — a temporary installation and digital record reflecting the interplay between the event’s experience and those who experienced it. No previous writing or art experience is required.
$5/person*. Register at https://allerton.illinois.edu/events/transitive-landscapes/. All sales are final.
*Participants should wear comfortable shoes, dress for the weather, and bring:
— A water bottle
— A notebook
— Writing or drawing materials
— A small personal or natural object
If you will need disability-related accommodations to participate, please email Olivia at [email protected].
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Where is it happening?
Allerton Park and Retreat Center, 499 Old Timber Rd, Monticello, IL 61856-8280, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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